Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

KB Hansen, LP Wollmuth, D Bowie, H Furukawa… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many physiologic effects of l-glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian central nervous system, are mediated via signaling by ionotropic glutamate …

The AMPA receptor code of synaptic plasticity

GH Diering, RL Huganir - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Changes in the properties and postsynaptic abundance of AMPA-type glutamate receptors
(AMPARs) are major mechanisms underlying various forms of synaptic plasticity, including …

Structural and functional architecture of AMPA-type glutamate receptors and their auxiliary proteins

IH Greger, JF Watson, SG Cull-Candy - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ion channels that together with other ionotropic
glutamate receptors (iGluRs), the NMDA and kainate receptors, mediate a majority of …

ABHD17 proteins are novel protein depalmitoylases that regulate N-Ras palmitate turnover and subcellular localization

DTS Lin, E Conibear - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dynamic changes in protein S-palmitoylation are critical for regulating protein localization
and signaling. Only two enzymes-the acyl-protein thioesterases APT1 and APT2–are known …

Architecture and subunit arrangement of native AMPA receptors elucidated by cryo-EM

Y Zhao, S Chen, AC Swensen, WJ Qian, E Gouaux - Science, 2019 - science.org
Glutamate-gated AMPA receptors mediate the fast component of excitatory signal
transduction at chemical synapses throughout all regions of the mammalian brain. AMPA …

Specification of synaptic connectivity by cell surface interactions

J De Wit, A Ghosh - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
The molecular diversification of cell surface molecules has long been postulated to impart
specific surface identities on neuronal cell types. The existence of unique cell surface …

Hippocampal AMPA receptor assemblies and mechanism of allosteric inhibition

J Yu, P Rao, S Clark, J Mitra, T Ha, E Gouaux - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
AMPA-selective glutamate receptors mediate the transduction of signals between the
neuronal circuits of the hippocampus. The trafficking, localization, kinetics and …

A Noelin-organized extracellular network of proteins required for constitutive and context-dependent anchoring of AMPA-receptors

S Boudkkazi, J Schwenk, N Nakaya, A Brechet… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Information processing and storage in the brain rely on AMPA-receptors (AMPARs) and their
context-dependent dynamics in synapses and extra-synaptic sites. We found that distribution …

Neurodevelopmental disorders associated with PSD-95 and its interaction partners

AM Levy, P Gomez-Puertas, Z Tümer - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The postsynaptic density (PSD) is a massive protein complex, critical for synaptic strength
and plasticity in excitatory neurons. Here, the scaffolding protein PSD-95 plays a crucial role …

Modulation of GluA2–γ5 synaptic complex desensitization, polyamine block and antiepileptic perampanel inhibition by auxiliary subunit cornichon-2

SP Gangwar, LY Yen, MV Yelshanskaya… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
Synaptic complexes of α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)
receptors (AMPARs) with auxiliary subunits mediate most excitatory neurotransmission and …